Greetings. This is my quest to put knowledge into practice. The start date for this quest is today, November 22, 2008. My current vertical (or counter movement jump - technically speaking) is 35 inches. This is measured through a vertex, vertical jump measuring system.
I'm putting myself out there, because I want to demonstrate what it takes to jump 40 inches, and because I WANT TO TRAIN. I love training, and in recent years I've become busy with excuses for not devoting more time to personally train. Well you now can join me on my quest to 40 inches. I'll share my thoughts and feelings along the journey while showing you exactly what I'm up to. Stay tuned because it should be a lot of fun.
Thanks!
35" is not a bad place to start. Goodluck. I'm interested to see how you do. Do you have a timeline for your goal?
Posted by: Basketball Madness | November 23, 2008 at 08:29 PM
35 inches is a great standing vertical. I would be interested to know what you did to get it to that point.
Posted by: Jack Woodrup | November 24, 2008 at 03:30 PM
In response to Jack's comment. First of all, thanks! I've been training for over a decade. However I haven't been training with much intensity in the past five years. I've been training, but more in maintenance mode. I've been doing olympic lifting, combined with squats, deadlifts, and plyometrics. I believe I have a solid strength foundation, but I need much more. I'm a 2.5 x body weight squatter, but I have a lot of deficiencies that I will address in my next post. I'll also explain some of my previous lifting techniques. Thanks for the interest!!!
Posted by: Thomas Lam | November 25, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Do you use also higher plyometric box to increase your vertical?
BTW,If you’re a basketball player, squat jumps works your arms as well, although it’s mainly lower body plyometric exercises.
Posted by: vertical jumping | September 09, 2009 at 01:20 AM
As the other poster's pointed out 35" for your current vertical is fantastic. I would say best of luck reaching 40", but it doesn't sound like you will need any luck as you seem to already have a plan!
Regards,
Improve Your Vertical
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